Steve Buechele

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: September 26, 1961 in Lancaster, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (9th) of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Servite HS (Anaheim, CA) and the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: Servite HS (Anaheim, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: July 19, 1985 (Age 23-296d, 15,054th in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 29, 1995 (Age 33-306d)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Agents: Alan Meersand

Full Name: Steven Bernard Buechele

Nicknames: Boo

Pronunciation: \boo-SHEL\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.5

4266

1046

137

.245

501

RBI

547

OBP

.316

SLG

.394

OPS

.710

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	TEX		DET	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 6	TEX		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 7	TEX		TOR	L,9-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 8	TEX		TOR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 9	TEX		TOR	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B 2B
6	6	Apr 10	TEX	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 12	TEX	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 13	TEX	@	MIL	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 14	TEX	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
10	10	Apr 15	TEX	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
11	11	Apr 16	TEX	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 17	TEX		MIL	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 18	TEX		MIL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
14	14	Apr 19	TEX		MIL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
15	15	Apr 21	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
16	16	Apr 22	TEX	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
17	17	Apr 23	TEX	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
18	18	Apr 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
19	19	Apr 26	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	20	Apr 28 susp	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	CG	53	12.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
21	21	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
22	22	Apr 30	TEX		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	23	May 1	TEX		CLE	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
24	24	May 2	TEX		CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
25	25	May 3	TEX		NYY	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
26	26	May 4	TEX		NYY	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 5	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	3	7	1	11	0	3B
28	28	May 6	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-7	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
29	29	May 7	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS	32	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
30	30	May 8	TEX	@	NYY	W,13-2	GS	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B 2B
31	31	May 9	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
32	32	May 11	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	33	May 12	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
34	34	May 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
35	35	May 14	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
36	36	May 17	TEX		BAL	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	37	May 18	TEX		MIN	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	38	May 19	TEX		MIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
39	39	May 20	TEX		MIN	L,3-19	GS	55	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B 2B
40	41 (1)	May 22	TEX		KCR	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	42	May 23	TEX		KCR	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
42	43	May 24	TEX		KCR	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	44	May 26	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
44	45	May 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,5-3	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
45	46	May 28	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	47	May 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
47	48	May 30	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
48	49	May 31	TEX	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	50	Jun 1	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
50	51	Jun 2	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
51	52	Jun 3	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-1	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	53	Jun 4	TEX	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
53	54	Jun 5	TEX		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
54	55	Jun 6	TEX		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
55	56	Jun 7	TEX		CHW	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
56	57	Jun 8	TEX		CHW	W,11-7	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 3B
57	58	Jun 9	TEX		OAK	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
58	59	Jun 10	TEX		OAK	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
59	60	Jun 11	TEX		OAK	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
60	62 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	TEX		CAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	63	Jun 14 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
62	64	Jun 16 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	66 (1)	Jun 17	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
64	67	Jun 18	TEX	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
65	68	Jun 20	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	69	Jun 21	TEX	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
67	70	Jun 22	TEX	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
68	71	Jun 23	TEX		CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
69	72	Jun 24	TEX		CLE	L,3-7	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
70	73	Jun 25	TEX		CLE	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
71	74	Jun 26	TEX		CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	75	Jun 27	TEX	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
73	76	Jun 28	TEX	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
74	77	Jun 29	TEX		SEA	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
75	78	Jun 30	TEX		SEA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	79	Jul 1	TEX		SEA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
77	80	Jul 3	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	81	Jul 4	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	82	Jul 5	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
80	83	Jul 6	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
81	84	Jul 7	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	85	Jul 8	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B SS
83	86	Jul 9	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
84	87	Jul 13	TEX	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
85	88	Jul 14	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
86	89	Jul 15	TEX	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	90	Jul 16	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
88	91	Jul 17	TEX		BOS	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
89	92	Jul 18	TEX		BOS	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
90	93	Jul 19	TEX		BOS	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
91	94	Jul 20	TEX		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	95	Jul 21	TEX		NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	96	Jul 22	TEX		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
94	97	Jul 23	TEX		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
95	98	Jul 24	TEX		TOR	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	99	Jul 25	TEX		TOR	L,0-4	GS	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
97	100	Jul 26	TEX		TOR	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
98	101	Jul 28	TEX		MIL	L,3-15	GS	42	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
99	102	Jul 29	TEX		MIL	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
100	103	Jul 30	TEX		MIL	W,9-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	104	Aug 1	TEX	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
102	105	Aug 2	TEX	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
103	108 (2)	Aug 5	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	109	Aug 6	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
105	110	Aug 7	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
106	111	Aug 8	TEX	@	TOR	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
107	112	Aug 9	TEX	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
108	113	Aug 10	TEX		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	114	Aug 11	TEX		DET	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	115	Aug 12	TEX		DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
111	116	Aug 13	TEX		DET	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
112	117	Aug 15	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
113	118	Aug 16	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
114	119	Aug 17	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
115	120	Aug 18	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
116	121	Aug 19	TEX	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
117	122	Aug 20	TEX	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
118	123	Aug 22	TEX		OAK	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
119	124	Aug 23	TEX		OAK	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
120	125	Aug 24	TEX		OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
121	126	Aug 25	TEX		CAL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
122	127	Aug 26	TEX		CAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
123	129 (1)	Aug 29	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
124	130	Aug 30	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
125	131	Aug 31	TEX	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	132	Sep 1	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
127	133	Sep 2	TEX		KCR	W,6-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	134	Sep 3	TEX		KCR	L,2-13	GS	33	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
129	135	Sep 4	TEX		MIN	W,8-5	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
130	136	Sep 5	TEX		MIN	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
131	137	Sep 6	TEX		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
132	138	Sep 7 (1)	TEX		BAL	L,3-8	GS	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
133	140 (1)	Sep 8	TEX		BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
134	141	Sep 9	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	GS	42	10.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B 3B
135	142	Sep 10	TEX		BAL	W,8-1	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
136	143	Sep 12	TEX	@	KCR	L,5-6	GF	18	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
137	144	Sep 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
138	145	Sep 14	TEX	@	KCR	W,10-4	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B 2B
139	146	Sep 15	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-6	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
140	147	Sep 16	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
141	148	Sep 17	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
142	149	Sep 18	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
143	150	Sep 19	TEX		SEA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
144	151	Sep 20	TEX		SEA	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
145	152	Sep 21	TEX		SEA	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
146	153	Sep 22	TEX		CHW	L,6-9	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
147	154	Sep 23	TEX		CHW	W,6-4	GS	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 2B
148	155	Sep 24	TEX		CHW	W,5-4	GS	42	10.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B 2B
149	156	Sep 25	TEX	@	OAK	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
150	157	Sep 26	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B 2B
151	158	Sep 27	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-5	GS	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B 2B
152	161 (2)	Sep 30	TEX	@	CAL	W,2-0	GS	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B 3B
153	162	Oct 1	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
							164gm		1237.1	128	288	12	428	29